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Table 2.

The effects of extracts on sexual behaviors in rats

Item	Groups					--P--
Item	Control	Sildenafil	Mucuna pruriens	Tribulus terrestris	Ashwagandha	--P--
Mounting Latency, sec	9.48 ± 1.20^a	2.10 ± 0.34^d	5.27 ± 0.62^b	2.86 ± 0.62^cd	3.15 ± 0.60^c	0.0001
Mounting Frequency*	65.65 ± 8.19^d	214.27 ± 17.76^a	118.99 ± 7.51^c	170.86 ± 10.42^b	167.72 ± 14.91^b	0.0001
Intromission Latency, sec	9.40 ± 1.07^a	0.98 ± 0.22^d	4.87 ± 0.50^b	2.13 ± 0.15^c	2.73 ± 0.40^c	0.0001
Intromission Frequency*	59.51 ± 4.70^d	203.90 ± 15.78^a	132.03 ± 11.32^c	173.71 ± 14.02^b	169.70 ± 18.41^b	0.0001

Control, no treatment; Sildenafil, rats treated with Sildenafil (5 mg/kg/d); Mucuna, rats treated with Mucuna pruriens (300 mg/kg bw); Tribulus; rats treated with Tribulus terrestris (300 mg/kg bw); Ashwagandha; rats treated with Ashwagandha (300 mg/kg bw). Data are LS means ± SE (n = 7). Different superscripts in the same row (a–c) indicate group mean differences (p < 0.05). * The number of intromissions in an ejaculatory series